WETHERSPOONS boss Tim Martin has revealed the mood in his pubs is one of “outright bafflement” with Britons confused at why the UK is not “leaving”.

Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin has claimed the mood in his pubs is one of “outright bafflement” over Brexit. Founder and chairman of the huge pub chain claimed the British people simply want the UK to leave and not agree to a complex deal. Speaking to Express.co.uk, Mr Martin said: “The mood of people in the pub is one of outright bafflement.

“There was no question on the ballot paper to say can we do a deal. The public isn’t stupid, it knows damn well that the EU might cut up bought, you don’t need to be a genius to work out that they might not offer us a great deal to start with.

“The EU needs us badly, as Wetherspoons has started to prove by taking out EU products, we import twice the amount we export and that already in the companies we have taken trade away from has caused deep consternation. The UK has the cards.”

Asked to give advice to Mrs May, Mr Martin said: “I would say in the name of God, go. You can’t do this job, Mrs May.

“You may well be a nice person, but you’re not cut out for a tough negotiation like this.

“Above all, you are a Remainer, so you haven’t got the psychological make-up for a good deal.

“Even more than that, you have to understand and you haven’t understood that if the UK leaves without a deal, we will do better than we are today.

“That is your essential flaw. You have swallowed the myth that leaving without a deal is a disaster, and that, it’s not.”